What is your *exact* quarantine protocol for new clones?

[Golbat]

Starting up an indoor grow again and I'm lucky enough to have a friend who's giving me his old moms to flower out when I first get set up so that I can have something flowering right away and get buds without the 1-2 months veg I like to give things.. I'm thinking I should treat them with something and give em 2 weeks veg/quarantine anyways so I don't get all infested on my first indoor grow in a damn good while. I'm wondering what precautions you guys use?

 

[MIway]

Tough with big plants... Hard to get everywhere. Personally would take em down to cuts and toss the rest including her pots and whatever medium they came with... Much, much easier to kill all with 2-3" single leaf cuts. Almost a gamble if ya don't... And the extra veg time may be well worth the future battle against bugs. Just my take.

Either way... If I have any concerns whatsoever... Full nuke with avid and eagle and heritage. Full cut dips, but almost can't do that with full sized plants so it has to be a top to bottom dousing... Much messier. Isolate em for two weeks. Oil dunks work really well for critters too, just not the mold so much. Tanglefoot barrier on nursery flats is a decent tool too.

Just to get ya started on suggestions...

 

[Golbat]

Hmm.. I'm doing a vert grow and these plants were grown regular 4x4 lighting square.. Might as well just take cuts off all em and veg I guess. What are the full product names for what you recommended? I know Eagle 20 is what you meant by Eagle but the Avid and Heritage? And by oil dunks you mean neem oil?

Thank you kindly sir for the suggestions that sounds comprehensive.

 

[MIway]

Avid is a commercial pesticide... It kills. Horticultural/dormant oil is usually petroleum/mineral oil in concentrate... Easy to buy at any nursery. Heritage is a commercial fungicide... Chlorothalonil is a different type altogether but one you can also buy at a local store... Could just use that vs eagle/heritage.

It really is best to address email before they ever can become a nightmare. Treating small and young is just my overreaction... Go to extremes on the front side and never have to do it again. Prevention vs. Cure, ya know? Just an opinion though. Peace

 

[Golbat]

Dude yes!! That is exactly my thoughts on the subject, I'd much rather prevent than try and scramble together a fix and play doctor.. I've posted questions on prevention before elsewhere and never have found a good answer until now. I'm gonna line the tent with diatomaceous earth as well as the top 1 inch of soil. Between all that and good temps/humidity I think I should be chillin on the mold/pests yeah? Hopefully. Thanks for the help man that post was legit as fuck and is def being written down in my grow notebook.

 

[SeaMaiden]

Starting up an indoor grow again and I'm lucky enough to have a friend who's giving me his old moms to flower out when I first get set up so that I can have something flowering right away and get buds without the 1-2 months veg I like to give things.. I'm thinking I should treat them with something and give em 2 weeks veg/quarantine anyways so I don't get all infested on my first indoor grow in a damn good while. I'm wondering what precautions you guys use?

My QT protocol for plants is the same as it is for any other organism--separate containment, observed disease-free for 30 days minimum before it's allowed in main areas. Depending on the organism in question, it may or may not receive prophylactic treatments. If it expresses disease, it is treated while in QT.

This is the basic standard used in zoos and public aquariums.

For clones I will either saturate completely everything above the media/roots with an isopropyl alcohol and water mix, or a peroxide mix, or Physan 20 (quaternary ammonium) IF it's going inside. If it's staying outside I use nothing, but keep it well physically separated from everything else.

 

[supermanlives]

into small box with no pest strip and tiny floro overnight. spray with azamax back into box overnight. repeat as needed. floros in seperate area for daytime.

 

[supermanlives]

heres the box lol. atleast 3 weeks before hanging with their buddies

 

[Squid9r]

Clone the best clones you can off of the mom and discard the rest . Easier to confine problem and control .. to demite them ,